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Abstract

We present the first record of the orb-weaver spider Bertrana striolata from Amazonian lowlands (east of the Andes) in Ecuador, based on a specimen collected at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, province of Orellana, Ecuador. In Ecuador, B. striolata was previously known from a single locality on the Pacific lowlands (4 km NE of the town of Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 550 m, province of Pichincha). To the best of our knowledge, this record also corresponds to the second locality of the species in the country, and the first record for the province of Orellana.

Author Comment

This manuscript contains the first record of a spider from Amazonian Ecuador. A version of this manuscript was submitted to a journal. However, this manuscript contains complete information about the record, and it will serve as a reference for studies on spider diversity in the Neotropics.

Additional Information

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Diego F Cisneros-Heredia conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Iván Carrazco performed the experiments, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Data Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The research in this article did not generate, collect or analyse any raw data or code.

Funding

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, María Elena Heredia, and Laura Heredia provided financial support for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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